The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom
Professor Catherine Hakim, an expert on women’s employment and theories of female positions in society, has overlooked the historical notions of beauty and suggests that professional women should use their “erotic capital” to get ahead at work. Hakim coined the term “erotic capital” to cover beauty, social skills, good dress sense, physical More...
Women: The Solution to Winning the War for Talent in ‘Emerging Markets’
Multinational corporations faced with unprecedented prospects for growth are continuously faced with the challenge of overcoming the short supply of well qualified skilled labor. The emergence of new research by More...
The Least Effective Job Search Strategy: Job Fairs
We all know that networking is the most effective way to find a job. At the other end of the spectrum is the good old job fair, which comes in last as least effective job search method. This conclusion was supported More...
5 Annoying E-mail Habits That Will Affect Your Reputation
CC’ing Up Letting the boss in on a heated email exchange with a co-worker, mid-argument so to speak, is a sure way to create serious animosity that will probably be impossible to overcome. To be quite frank, it’s More...
Tips on How to Motivate Yourself and Others
Create a plan / system and follow it. A strategic and systematic plan is the optimal way to achieve a goal. This sounds simple enough, and it really is in the beginning, but the challenge comes when you reach a More...
Cursing at Work – Yay or Nay?
If the widely held assumption that cursing at work is a major no-no, why are so many of us still doing it? It’s almost as though cursing has gone viral. The notable Carolyn Bartz, former Yahoo! CEO, publicly More...
Overcome Your Fear of Networking in a Few Simple Steps
Posting your resume on a job site? Checking job posting sites everyday? Submitting your resume to a company website? If this all sounds familiar to you, I have some bad news for you. You’re suffering from “hide More...
Top 10 Best Companies for Working Mothers
Working Mother Media, a company focused on culture change for working moms, women and diversity in the workplace, has challenged corporate America to better serve its working mothers. The media company’s Research More...
Generation X: Overlooked and Hugely Important
A recent study by the Center for Work-Life Policy has found that despite being the smallest generation (46 million), Generation X just might be “the most critical generation of all” for employers. Quite commonly More...
How to Be a Proactive Job Hunter
Three tips to improve your skills and build your professional network Many people who have recently been awarded undergraduate degrees in the past year are experiencing the difficulties of a more than closed job More...